Category Archives: WJTV
Tracking the Tropics: How Saharan dust helps keep Atlantic basin quiet
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- We're almost two months into the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season and things have remained quiet since Hurricane Elsa dissipated several weeks ago. The calm in the tropics is thank...
Jul 21, 2021
Congressman Thompson dismisses lawsuit against former President Trump
WASHINGTON (WJTV) - On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) announced he will leave the lawsuit he filed, in partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colore...
Jul 21, 2021
Santander to pay Mississippi $3.7M for auto loan violations
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced a settlement has been reached with Santander, an auto loan company who allegedly violated the Mississippi Consumer Protection ...
Jul 21, 2021
Employees at King's Daughters Medical Center encourage Mississippians to get vaccinated
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WJTV) - The resurgence of coronavirus cases due to the Delta variant is impacting hospitals across the state, including King's Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. "We had July 4...
Jul 21, 2021
Jefferson Davis County teen accused of attempted armed robbery in Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Hattiesburg police arrested a 15-year-old girl in connection to an attempted armed robbery. The incident happened in the 100 block of East 4th Street around 10:00 p.m. on T...
Jul 21, 2021
Voluntary recall for potential Listeria contamination of muffin products
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) - The FDA published a voluntary recall on Tuesday of Give and Go Prepared Foods (U.S.A.) Corporation with multiple brands of muffins for potential Listeria monocytogenes co...
Jul 21, 2021
Bear hunt underway in Warren County after woman hits animal with car
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Conservation officers with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) are currently searching for a bear in Warren County. This comes after a wom...
Jul 21, 2021
Senator Wicker to advocate for Yazoo Backwater Pump Project in hearing
WASHINGTON (WJTV) - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said he will advocate for the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project before the U.S. Senate on Thursday, July 22. In his opening remarks to the subcommitt...
Jul 21, 2021
UMMC receives grant for prescription opioid abuse research
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced a $663,080 grant to allow the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to continue research on deterrents to prescripti...
Jul 21, 2021
Mississippi pharmacist pleads guilty to health care fraud scheme
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi pharmacist pled guilty on Wednesday for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies. David "Jason" Rutland, 42, of...
Jul 21, 2021